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Yorkton volleyball athletes to represent Saskatchewan

Four athletes from the Yorkton Regional High School/Bongo Club Volleyball teams were chosen to represent our province this summer. The final tryout was the last weekend in May.
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L-R. Josh Needham, Austin Andres, Brady Bjornerud, Reid Pfeifer

Four athletes from the Yorkton Regional High School/Bongo Club Volleyball teams were chosen to represent our province this summer.

The final tryout was the last weekend in May. Athletes travelled to Saskatoon to train three separate weekends following the final cut, and when school finished, they were in Hepburn July 1-5 and 8-12 for full training days. On the 15th they flew to Halifax, Nova Scotia for a week to compete in the Canada Cup.

The Provincial team was divided into two Saskatchewan teams. Austin Andres, Reid Pfeifer, and Joshua Needham ended up on one team and Brady Bjornerud on the other. The competition included teams across Canada from BC to PEI.

These athletes worked hard practicing and training many hours each day to enhance their skills.

Reid Pfeifer was the youngest athlete on the two teams and Josh Needham also played as an under ager (15 year olds on the provincial 16U Team Sask). Both boys look forward to their high school season and bringing what they have learned to the court. They will continue to train all year in hopes to make 16U Team Sask again next summer.

Austin Andres and Brady Bjornerud weren’t finished after the Halifax competition and continued their training in to August. Both were chosen to represent the 16U team travelling to Swift Current the third week of August. They will be representing Saskatchewan in the Western Canada Summer Games. Good luck to both these athletes.

Local coach Dion Pfeifer commented on how great it is to see Yorkton boys back on provincial teams as those memories are some of his best in the sport of volleyball. “Although Reid and Austin played with Team Sask last summer, it is awesome to see four Yorkton boys recognized for their skills on the Provincial Team this year. It has been a number of years since we have had this kind of representation at the Provincial level. Through the Bongo Club program and high school program these boys have put in the time and effort on and off the court and it’s nice to see it has paid off for them. “

Pfeifer has worked with this group of kids since they were young and is proud of their accomplishments and looks forward to having them back on the YRHS team in a few weeks.

The athletes will compete in the Western Canada Games, which run from Aug. 13-18.